Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-06
BASE BALL NOTES.
Ha1pan to be Here To.NIorrow-H1s Record as Short Stop Last Season of the Uticas an Excellent One-Captafn Troy i'm New York.


 the Uticas an Excellent One-Captafn Troy in New York.
 At last the New Ravens have got a short | stop who, according to his record, is well worthy to be called by that name. His name | is Halpin and he is from the Uticas, the COURIER has already stated. He will be here Tuesday. He would have been here in time for to-day's game at Danbury, but it is now an impossibility, as he could not arrange matters satisfactorily before leaving owing to some delay in sending dispatch to him. He was with the Uticas last season and made fine record. He played in 76 games, put out s4 men, assisted 235 times, made 60 er TOTS and had fielding average of .542. This is certainly fine record. But one short stop in thesInternational league assisted any more times than he. But three played in more games than he. In this league there were eighteen short stops, and Halpin stood in the eighth rank. Utica's other short stop, Moy- nahan. who played in g games, stood in the lowest rank of all the short stops. In this league there were 120 regular players. Of these Halpin ranked thirty-eighth in his bat- ting record. His average was .261. Captain Troy's average in the same league was .294, standing in the twentieth rank. After read
 
 New Haven has bang-up short stop in Hal pin, who is also good batter.
 The New Ravens will play in Danbury to- day. Leary and Murphy will probably be the battery.
 Dyer refused to play at short stop in Sat- urday's game at Hartford because Frawley and Quirk, the Meriden Resolutes' battery, were notgiven trial. So Crowley was put in in his place and he showed up in that posi- tion in fine form.
 In Fitzgerald Manager Kelly has secured prize, if he holds out as he did Saturday. He was somewhat wild in his delivery, but as it was his first appearance in a profession al club, that will soon wear off. Eagan caught him for three innings, but had to give way to Weckbecker, who was in right field Eagan could not hold Fitzgerald's de- livery.
 Captain Troy went to New York Saturday night after third baseman. He did not re- turn yesterday.
 Cuff will soon be able to go behind the bat
 Difficulties have again sprung up in the Southern league, and if matters are not satis- probably disband. The Charleston club is the only team paying expenses and the other teams are trying to oust it from the league.
 Scripture vs. Science.
 The first of what bids fair to be very in teresting and instructive course of sermons was delivered by the Rev. Arthur Goode- nough in the East Pearl street NJ. E. church, Fair Haven last evening. It was based on the text ssSeek ye out of the book of the Lord" There are two great books in this world, revelation and nature, and it is my intention this evening to prove, if possible, that scripture and Tha of iG a book written by man, or a number of men under inspiration from God. The book of nature is that book which we see all about us in mountains, valleys. streams, etc., and was by God himself. I am afraid there are hun dreds, yes, thousands of people who have never read word from this beautiful book which God has placed all around us, or seen the visible presence of God in his creation. Don't be disturbed by the intellectual unrest of the times, as it is only inquiring and will only give us more light the deeper it goes. Geology is the youngest of sciences and was thought to undermine the truths which are found in scriptural revelation, but it has only served to strengthen them. The rocks and revelation agree and we now doub1y sure that the Bible is true.
 Do not think it wise and learned to doubt the Bible, as the greatest minds this world ever krew trusted in God. It is said of Newton that he never spoke of God without uncovering his head.
 The speaker went on to prove how astron- omy and revelation agree as to the relative position of the earth and other planets. "Whyl" said he, Git would take a railroad train going at the rate of 32 miles per hour 342 years and months to reach the sun, many millions of years to reach the nearest star, and so it must traverse an infinite amount of space, and the God of such uni n
 The speaker enforced the practical lesson deduced from this line of thought and with power and felicity of expression urged his hearers to study and appreciate the truths of the holy book, and more than ever would it prove a light to their path. The next in the series will be upon "The mystery of evil, or who was the first sinner?"